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Woman Helped Friend Hide Fetus In Wayne Home: Authorities
A woman and the friend who helped her hide a fetus in a storage container of a Wayne home are both facing criminal charges, authorities said.
Nicole Tsentas, 33, of Emerson, gave birth to the baby who was not breathing in July 2020, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes said.
She brought it home, wrapped it in a blanket and placed it in her closet, Valdes said. Sometime thereafter, Tsentas confided told Amanda Walker, 36, of Wayne, about the baby, and she helped her move it to a home in Wayne, putting it in a storage container in the basement, Valdes said.
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Man, 39, Gunned Down In Paterson Was Warren County Resident, Authorities Say
A registered sex offender from Paterson shot an out-of-county man dead on a street behind the public library last week, authorities said.
Ex-con Jaquan Housey, 33, was charged with murder and weapons offenses in the slaying of Rodney Phelps, 39, of Warren County’s Washington Township.
Responding officers found Phelps’s body in the middle of Van Van Houten Avenue between the library and the Edward W. Kilpatrick School shortly before 11:30 p.m. last Friday, Feb. 4.
He’d been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Po…
